List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Allegory and Aesthetics in the Post-Revolution
1. Silence and the People in Boaventura Cardoso's Maio, Mês de Maria and Mãe, Materno Mar

2. Postwar Cinematic Politics and the Structures of Disappointment
Part II. The Mobility of Form
3. The War Abroad and the War at Home: Eliseo Alberto's Caracol Beach
4. Revolution from the South in J. E. Agualusa's O Ano em que Zumbi Tomou o Rio

Part III. Genre, Style, and Empire
5. Deferred Time and Belated Histories in Leonardo Padura's El hombre que amaba a los perros
6. Post-Revolutionary Pastiche in Pepetela's Jaime Bunda Novels
Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Lanie Millar is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Oregon.